Name: Does this Building Suck (Energy)? Decoding Building Performance with Open Data
Start: 2026-03-28T15:45:00-0400
End: 2026-03-28T16:45:00-0400

Welcome to NYC School of Data — a community conference that demystifies the practices and policies around open data, technology, and service design. Hosted by BetaNYC at CUNY School of Law, this year’s conference concludes NYC’s Open Data Week 2026 and is the TENTH edition of both SoData and Open Data Week!

Register for tickets: < https://ti.to/betanyc/nycsodata26 >

2026 is bigger than ever with 40+ sessions organized by NYC’s civic technology, data, and design community!

Day 1: the classic NYC School of Data conference, with programming across 12 rooms during 4 session blocks.
Day 2: NEW in 2026 – UnSchool of Data! The unconference agenda is created together on the day, with attendee pitches at the top of the day. Select sessions have been pre-seeded by BetaNYC to kick things off.

Our venue is accessible and content is all-ages friendly! If you have accessibility questions or needs, please email us at < [email protected] >.

Does this Building Suck (Energy)? Decoding Building Performance with Open Data

Saturday March 28, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

3-301-A/B Combined

What can Energy Performance data tell us about the buildings around us? Through analysis and reporting such as LL84 Energy Score cards, we have a better understanding of how more sustainable design improves energy performance. This demonstration uses New York City Public Open Datasets documenting Building Energy Efficiency Ratings, which can be seen posted at the entrances to large buildings throughout the city.

This session is hosted by a professor, a digital technology specialist, and a librarian at the New York Institute of Technology, who will explore the aggregated data sets provided through NYC Open Data to create Building Performance averages by type, borough, and square footage. Through a series of case studies and demonstrations we will learn the factors that drive these energy grades, such as types of heating and cooling systems, evidence of renovation, building square footage and relevant fiscal penalties. Attendees will be guided through accessing relevant city data, simplified pivot tables and visualization tools to help them investigate performance of the buildings in their chosen local.

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